SZOMBATHELY (Hungary) – Türkiye have re-established their presence on the big stage as they qualified for FIBA EuroBasket 2025 after missing out on the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 and the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2024.
The proud basketball nation has bounced back in fine fashion with the team being built with a strong core of leaders who have then been pushed to the next level by their superstars.
Türkiye secured their ticket after a perfect November 2024 window of FIBA EuroBasket 2024 Qualifiers, beating Hungary twice – 92-66 at home and then 81-76 on the road for a 3-1 record in Group B.
How they qualified
Gameday 1: ITA 87-80 TUR
Gameday 2: TUR 76-75 ISL
Gameday 3: TUR 92-66 HUN
Gameday 4: HUN 76-81 TUR
Remaining fixtures
Gameday 5: TUR vs ITA
Gameday 6: ISL vs TUR
Qualifiers heroes
Sehmus Hazer has been one of Türkiye’s leaders
Sehmus Hazer, Kenan Sipahi and Ercan Osmani have been three of Türkiye’s main leaders over the last two windows but the country’s top stars Cedi Osman, Tarik Biberovic and Melih Mahmutoglu have shown up big in their appearances.
Quotes
“In this window, our goal was to win these two games and get qualification to EuroBasket. So congratulations to my players … Now our goal will be to finish the group in first place. We have two more difficult games – against Italy in Istanbul and against Iceland in Reykjavik. But we will keep going because our biggest goal is – with a full roster – to take a medal and win the EuroBasket 2025.” – Türkiye head coach Ergin Ataman
“We succeeded in our goal before the game, which was to go to EuroBasket. And we deserve this after the last two games.” – Türkiye guard Yigit Arslan
History
Türkiye reaching FIBA EuroBasket 2025 marks their 26th overall appearance in the continental tournament. The country has become one of Europe’s leading basketball nations as they have advanced to 15 consecutive EuroBaskets.
Türkiye’s biggest result came in 2001 in front of their home fans when they reached the Final, losing to Serbia and Montenegro. In the current streak of 15 appearances, the Turks have gotten to the Quarter-Finals three other times.
Runners-up: 2001
Tickets
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